Measuring Poverty in Malaysia: Applications of Distributive-Sensitive Poverty Indices
This paper represents an attempt to seek a better way to measure poverty in Malaysia. Many studies, including government published figures employ the head-count ratio as the index of poverty. However; this measure is a narrow measure of poverty. Specifically, it ignores the distribution of income am...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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UUM Press
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Malaysian Management Journal |
| Online Access: | https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=90eaddc3-4789-4a31-b6e8-686e2ef84e9c |